Well it seems that we've come to a topic that is quite diverse amongst everyone. I must say that I do not believe that Sethe's actions are applicable to be compared to that of an abortion. What Sethe did WAS murder. That child was old enough to begin to acquire some motor skills as well as a premature intellect. So I don't really see the sense in comparing it to that of an act of aborting a child. This is mainly due to how I define abortion. But like Christina said in class Toni Morrison involved this scene to make her audience consider her motive and her emotions at this time. We must all remember that this IS a fictional story so a situation like this may not have ever happened. I don't believe Sethe was ever crazy. I mean I've taken a lot of consideration into what could have possibly been going through her mind and I think that due to the situation the power of her emotions drowned out her sense of reality. She was making a decision off impulse. Sethe probably didn't put much thought into killing her child and I'm assuming that she sure as hell hadn't prearranged a plot to wipe out her entire family. Why didn't she do it earlier? Well i think that Sethe's ignorance about where she was and how far away from danger she was gave her this artificial hope that no harm would ever come her way again. We must remember that before she left Sweet Home she had no idea where she was going. I just feel that Sethe's actions were a measure of the calibur of her love for her children rather than a brutal act of violence.